Kecapi

Traditional musical instrument zither is an instrument of classical music that always colors some of the arts in this Sunda land. Make a Kecapi is not easy. Although glance looks like a harp, a simple instrument, but it makes it not easy. For the raw material is only made of wood Boxwood first soaked for three months. While the strings, if you want to produce good tone, the atmosphere should be of wire (alloy of gold and copper), such as the lute that was made long ago. Since the atmosphere is currently expensive, more strings Santol now using steel wire.
Tones in the harp sunda have five (pentatonic) scales ie Da, Mi, Na, Ti, La,.
Couple this Sundanese zither musical instrument is usually a flute made of bamboo sunda. The music that flows will feel dazzling in our ears if played both.

Kecapi Parahu
is a resonance box of the bottom hole resonances are given to allow the sound out. Kacapi sides of this type is formed in such a way that resembles a boat. In the past, this Kacapi made directly from the carved wooden slab.

Kecapi siter
is a resonance box with parallel mean field. Similar to Kecapi Parahu, the hole is placed at the bottom. Top and bottom sides of trapezoidal shape.

For both types of these Kacapi, each string is attached to a small screw at the top right side of the box

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